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jotform vs Linear

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

jotform (Free Online Form Builder & Form Creator) and Linear (A purpose-built tool for planning and building products) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Linear (rank #101) holds a meaningful lead over jotform (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (55 vs 30). The gap of 25 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Linear is slightly ahead of jotform. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Linear is ahead of jotform. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Linear is ahead of jotform. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Linear is clearly ahead of jotform. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Linear is slightly ahead of jotform.

jotform carries 1,105 GitHub stars across 32 public repos, with 4 repositories active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors on record. Linear shows 1,993 stars across 22 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors.

jotform is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Linear looks better where reach is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricjotformLinear
Ranking
Overall rank#727#101
Pillars
Overall3055
Code4345
Education4356
Community2036
Reach4176
Momentum3641
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars1,1051,993
Forks412434
Public repos3222
Active repos (90d)45
External contributors320
Avg polish4642
Avg AI-readiness2931

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